UChicago/Hyde Park = Dangerous?

UChicagoPSAC
Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:49:00 +0000

Of those you’ve mentioned, I’d really only consider Stony and Broadview truly “off campus”. Blackstone and Breck are a bit further from campus than normal, and Maclean, although in a residential area, is only about two blocks north of Ratner and Max Palevsky.
Stony Island, Broadview, and to some extent Maclean are all in areas where a lot of students (undergrads or grads) live anyway- the areas around them are highly residential, lots of apartment buildings and stuff, and could very rarely be considered sketchy places to live. Breckenridge is not really an off-campus dorm- it is a bit further away, and close(ish) to Blackstone, but in actuality is across the street from the International House and about a block or two from the Lab Schools and Ida Noyes Hall. Of all of those you listed, Blackstone is the least of your worries- Blackstone is in upper 6figure-lower 7figure row house and brownstone territory, so your neighbors, while some in apartments, are usually the Hyde Park professional crowd and the occasional professor who’s been here forever and was gifted a nice house by the University back in the day to encourage them to live closer to campus.